We should be fearless in making clear that tolerating clergy sexual abuse stands in total contradiction to the core of the Gospel message.
Sexual Abuse
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‘This has to stop now’: Vancouver Archdiocese releases abuse report
The report contained 31 recommendations and responses and named Vancouver priests who have been criminally convicted.
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West Virginia bishop asks retired Bishop Bransfield to repay $792,000 to diocese
A nine-point “plan of amends” developed by Bishop Brennan was announced in a Nov. 26 letter he sent to the faithful of the diocese.
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Priests guilty of abusing deaf children at Argentine school
The court also sentenced gardener Armando Gómez to 18 years in prison. The victims are 10 former students.
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Report: Catholic review boards, hailed as a fix for sex abuse, often fail
AP: Clergy sex abuse has cost more than $4 billion and implicated at least 5,100 priests by the church’s own count since 2002.
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Pennsylvanians get more time to file sex abuse lawsuits
The state where a grand jury’s groundbreaking report set off a new wave of reckoning over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church passed legislation Thursday giving victims more time to sue and police more time to file charges.
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Caritas expresses outrage over former director in Africa accused of abuse
Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based confederation of 165 national Catholic charities, has expressed sadness and outrage over incidents of child abuse by a Belgian Salesian priest who had been the national director of Caritas in the Central African Republic.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Why did so many Catholics leave after Vatican II?
What makes ‘Mass Exodus’ a must-read is careful attention to the qualitative analysis related to disaffiliation from the church.
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Bishop DiMarzio, appointed to investigate sex abuse, is accused of sex abuse
Bishop DiMarzio said there is no truth to the accusation.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican restates trust in Australia’s judiciary as Cardinal Pell set to appeal abuse conviction
“The Holy See acknowledges the decision of Australia’s High Court to accept Card. George Pell’s request of appeal, aware that the cardinal has always maintained his innocence.”